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Ayatollah
Mohsen Araki
Ayatollah Mohsen Araki
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 September 2022
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Sadeq Larijani
Member of the Assembly of Experts
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 May 2016
Constituency	Markazi Province
Majority	242,146
	In office; 21 February 1991 – 20 February 2007
Constituency	Khuzestan Province
Personal details
Born	1956; Najaf, Iraq
Website	Official website

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Mohsen Araki (Persian: محسن اراکی; Arabic: محسن الأراكي) is an Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer and politician. He is currently a member of the Assembly of Experts and also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He is a prominent Iranian scholar and one of the students of the Islamic thinker Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr.

In 2022, during 2021–2022 Iranian protests, he advocated for the death penalty for protestors. He argued those who participate in the protests should be found guilty of “corruption on earth.”^[1]

Life

He was born in Najaf, Iraq. He benefited from the Islamic seminary in Najaf and Qom. He speaks fluent Arabic and English and has authored dozens of books in Persian, Arabic, and English. He was the personal representative of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (the Supreme Leader of Iran) in London and also the Head of the Islamic Centre of England until 2004.^[2]

Works

Causality and Freedom (Al-Tawhid, Volume 17, n.2, Spring 2003)

References

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[1] "Hardliner Clerics in Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations".

[2] r:محسن الأراكي

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-| alias          = [[Arabic]]: محسن الأعراقي
+| appointer = [[Ali Khamenei]]
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+| 1namedata = [[Sadeq Larijani]]
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+| term_start1 = 24 May 2016
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+| term_end2 = 20 February 2007
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-[[Ayatollah]] Sheikh '''Mohsen Araki''' originally '''Mohsen Iraqi'''({{lang-fa|محسن الأعراقي}}; {{lang-ar|محسن الأعراقي}}) is an [[Iran]]ian scholar, cleric, university lecturer, and politician. He is a member of the [[Assembly of Experts]] in [[Iran]], and a prominent Iranian cleric and one of the students of the Islamic thinker [[Grand Ayatollah]] [[Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr]].
+'''Mohsen Araki''' ({{lang-fa|محسن اراکی}}; {{lang-ar|محسن الأراكي}}) is an Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer and politician. He is currently a member of the [[Assembly of Experts]] and also a member of the [[Expediency Discernment Council]]. He is a prominent Iranian scholar and one of the students of the Islamic thinker [[Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr]].
+In 2022, during [[2021–2022 Iranian protests]], he advocated for the death penalty for protestors. He argued those who participate in the protests should be found guilty of “corruption on earth.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202212246315 | title=Hardliner Clerics in Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations }}</ref>
 ==Life==
-He was born in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. He benefited from the [[Islamic seminary]] in [[Najaf]] and [[Qom]]. He speaks fluent [[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]] and has authored dozens of books in Persian, Arabic and English. He was the personal representative of [[Ayatollah]] [[Ali Khamenei]] (the [[Supreme Leader]] of [[Iran]]) in London and also the Head of the [[Islamic Centre of England]] until 2004.<ref>[[:ar:محسن الأعراقي]]</ref>
+He was born in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. He benefited from the [[Islamic seminary]] in [[Najaf]] and [[Qom]]. He speaks fluent [[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]] and has authored dozens of books in Persian, Arabic, and English. He was the personal representative of [[Ayatollah]] [[Ali Khamenei]] (the [[Supreme Leader]] of [[Iran]]) in London and also the Head of the [[Islamic Centre of England]] until 2004.<ref>[[:ar:محسن الأراكي]]</ref>
 ==Works==
 [http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/causality_freedom/ Causality and Freedom] (''Al-Tawhid'', Volume 17, n.2, Spring 2003)
-==References==
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 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Iran|Shia Islam|Biography}}
 *[[Ayatollah]]
 *[[List of ayatollahs]]
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